As a true Tekken fan, this game is honestly 6/10. Here's why.

[CrimsonZako]

I know a lot of people are going to foam from the mouth and angrily type on their keyboard to defend this game, but I've spent over 250 hours in this game, and have had plenty of time on Tekken 6 and Tekken 7 and was able to play them for years, yet I'm already bored of this game play and I'm going to put it down for a while.

Balance is Awful

Hopefully balance patches will fix this issue in the future, but for now, it's just not it. You have completely busted characters like Feng, Xiaoyu, Jun, Azucena and DJ. While you have other characters who require no knowledge of the fundamentals like Azucena, Alisa, Victor, and Dragunov. It's 2024, there's NO reason for this many characters to be brainless and/or overtuned, SF6, KI hell even MK1 doesn't have this many characters were you can play with your brain turned off, it's unacceptable.

Incompetent Developers and Directors

The developers and directors are trash. Half of the time they communicate with us it's for things that's not even relevant, and they refuse to take actions on things that actually matter. Example time.

Plugging Propaganda: Again, it's 2024 and not taking actions against pluggers and people who alt+f4 is not only ridiculous, but also stupid. Now the rank system is completely out of whack and we have people who are in purple/blue ranks without even knowing how to actually play the game. It makes people not even want to touch ranked, and no, banning one streamer and saying you have an excel sheet doesn't do anything nor does it solve the issue. One time I even saw a reddit post about Tekken 6 punishing pluggers. A 17 YEAR OLD GAME. How laughable.

Their Ignorance: We've been given two CBT's before the game released, so there's NO reason there should be this much imbalance. Especially since most characters were in and half the top tiers were in (Jun, Xiaoyu, Azu, Feng) yet despite the advice from the community, they did nothing for the most part.

Lying to the Community: Before the shop was introduced, Harada tweeted that the team wasn't able to implement old outfits into this game because they "wouldn't look good in today's graphics." Whatever tf that means. Yet a week or two later, we get old outfits like King's Tekken 2 outfit, Xiaoyu's Tekken 4 outfit, and Kazuya's Tekken 4 outfit.

Murray. This director is a man child. Just go check his Twitter, self explanatory. It's clear he doesn't know anything about Tekken and the direction it's going, then he questions why he gets backlash and gets defensive and cries when people don't agree with him, he never aged since elementary school.

"Aggression" and Mechanics

Tekken has to be the only fg that built their game to be offense only, and boy was it a bad idea. 20% of the time you'll find yourself in a position where you weren't even able to fight back, and thanks to the heat mechanic, you're always forced into a 50/50 and have to eat a potential 80% combo, this is Tekken, combo damage was always high but making it more 50/50 based was bound to be a bad idea. Throw RA's just for the middle finger cherry on top. Whatever though, the devs and directors don't know how to play anyway.

Gutted Customization

You all knew this was coming. We all wondered why the customization was so limited. Why we're forced to wear outfits without mis-matching. It's all for stupid micro transactions. There's no excuse for this one, why does a 17 year old game (T6 and TTT2) have better customization? It feels like we're always taking one step forward and two steps back.

The Netcode

Again, for the third time, it's 2024 and the netcode just isn't as good as other fg's that released not too long ago. It's so bad that playing against Wi-Fi players is just impossible. I played last night and tried to play against a 4 bar ethernet Kazuya. Never again. No wonder Tekken tournaments are always offline.

The Community Sucks

The Tekken community honestly has the biggest ego I've ever seen in a fgc. Mfs will pick op characters and go yolo while you're trying out a new character you've clearly never played before. Then they'll ki charge at the end and one and done. It's just baffling, yes there can be toxicity in other fg's but Tekken honestly takes the cake for being the most toxic. I tried playing Raven and was ofc matched up against a Jun, I got 2-3 rounded and she won from a 50/50 engager push and I guessed wrong and lost. She ki-charged and waited for the 10 seconds then left. This sugar mommy has brought out a new evil in people.

Conclusion

Yeah, this game has a LOT to fix, and a long way to go at that, I'll be taking a break because I'm just not having fun nor does it feel engaging, and honestly you should too if you feel the same way.

[TiberiusGaben]

no maps half the roster basically , heats kinda scuffed on a lot of fighters . net code is ass can confirm . the biggest thing for me is they removed kuma's butterfly attack cheese if you know u know and if u dont your lucky

[Mr.Moose]

Origineel geplaatst door TiberiusGaben:

no maps half the roster basically , heats kinda scuffed on a lot of fighters . net code is ass can confirm . the biggest thing for me is they removed kuma's butterfly attack cheese if you know u know and if u dont your lucky

we also have a good combo sound confirm tool but it is only for combo challenges which is a shame if we could input our own optimal combos to practice with the tool instead of the sub par combos they show on the combo challenges. replay has some punish and duck advice but it is limited you still have to just lab everything manually if you have the time.

[le merveilleux]

tekken is very casual game, people trying to find a special meaning on it is just chasing ghosts.

if tekken change the default auto defense with mid and highs, it will become a potential better game, but the game basically does everything for u.

[chosenxeno]

Having fun most of the time. I think your points are Valid. Could you please add:

The need obvious need for a Defensive Burst(A Gtfo Me) or True Immunity Mechanic(Think Parry or Pushblock). Right now they have what they think are Detterents but none of them allow you to consistently convert defense to atleast Neutral(Armor on Heat Smash is still taking damage. It does not get people off of you and RA is just... why is it there? It's cute until you hit Elim and most of us can feel it coming by that point.).


It should be easy to add. Just Hold the Heat Key instead of Pressing it.

[le merveilleux]

Origineel geplaatst door chosenxeno:

Having fun most of the time. I think your points are Valid. Could you please add:

The need obvious need for a Defensive Burst(A Gtfo Me) or True Immunity Mechanic(Think Parry or Pushblock). Right now they have what they think are Detterents but none of them allow you to consistently convert defense to atleast Neutral(Armor on Heat Smash is still taking damage. It does not get people off of you and RA is just... why is it there? It's cute until you hit Elim and most of us can feel it coming by that point.).


It should be easy to add. Just Hold the Heat Key instead of Pressing it.

yeah and armored gets easily broken with a single low attack, unless u are king and say GTFO and still deliver it anyways lmao

[chosenxeno]

Origineel geplaatst door Cheez3:

Origineel geplaatst door chosenxeno:

Having fun most of the time. I think your points are Valid. Could you please add:

The need obvious need for a Defensive Burst(A Gtfo Me) or True Immunity Mechanic(Think Parry or Pushblock). Right now they have what they think are Detterents but none of them allow you to consistently convert defense to atleast Neutral(Armor on Heat Smash is still taking damage. It does not get people off of you and RA is just... why is it there? It's cute until you hit Elim and most of us can feel it coming by that point.).


It should be easy to add. Just Hold the Heat Key instead of Pressing it.

yeah and armored gets easily broken with a single low attack, unless u are king and say GTFO and still deliver it anyways lmao

You know what's Crazy? King has the Heat Smash that all Smashes should be modeled after. It looks like what I thought Heat Smash Would be. He's basically immune. It wins outright. It doesn't have the dumb range on activation.

He's an annoying Character but they actually nailed his Smash.

[ShadowSplit]

Origineel geplaatst door blackzephyers:

Yeah I feel you. In Tekken 7 I could lose 20 times in a row and not even feel stressed out or bad about it. Playing Tekken 8 I’m just frustrated, stressed and angry. It’s like I keep hoping that the game will be fun again but it’s not going to happen.

It's because the game steals from you. So many times I experienced losses where I lead the entire match, and suddenly I'm done. I don't watch my bar and given Zafina damages herself, it's only matter of time until King will chain throw me to oblivion. Or any random move by Dragunov or wifi warriors with constant delay messing with my combos.

The game is actually really good for single player. Anything you don't need to play against someone is good. Everything else if blah.

[✝]

I agree with everything, and its sad that this gets disregarded by no-lifers and boosted players, theyre the first to write some snarky comment thinking theyre so cool for abusing systems that will eventually take a toll on the games longevity

[Hidebehind]

"NO reason for this many characters to be brainless and/or overtuned"
When you see something like this, you immediately realize that all the text is the whining of people who have never played fighting games even minimally seriously (with all these people calling themselves the biggest fans).
They certainly don't like aggression because they are completely inept at defending themselves. Look at high skill matches and see how often people get punished for being overly aggressive.
Every character but yours is broken, and two people out of 100 leaving the match is a nightmare the likes of which no video game has ever seen.
One guy showed him a ki charge and he still remembers it and blames the whole community, even though it's people like him that are the problem.
You will blame everyone else, but you will never look at yourself in the mirror. Classic.

[Cpt Obvious]

They just want too far from defensive extreme to offensive extreme. Offensive extreme doesn't work in game with so many moves and so many move exception to rules unless you are a unhealthy no lifer with the game.

[$OULJA $TRIFE]

Origineel geplaatst door xunlaiAgent:

I also agree that it is much weaker improvement from T7 than what T7 was from TAG2, if it is improvement at all outside of graphics.

7 improved nothing from tag 2

[k.....]

Agreed with you mostly.

[$OULJA $TRIFE]

Only thing really holding the game back is wonky balancing, which historically has been an issue in every tekken in its first version

Heat is a great mechanic, very versatile tool that allows for a lot of small decision making, just look at Kazuya for a amazing example. Problem is that a lot of characters have really overturned heat smashes that make the other added moves for them irrelevant when they have it (drag, king, azucena). Back dash canceling could use a buff but its not detrimental. Most things you say don’t really have much to do with the game, u seriously taking off points for optional costumes when Tekken 7 had a billion DLCS and literally no content? Community? Always forced in a 50/50? That’s not even true, only time there’s a forced 50/50 that isn’t related to regular tekken is heat engage or spending a heat dash on block. You can dislike a game u ain’t gotta lie lol

[Hidebehind]

Origineel geplaatst door $OULJA $TRIFE:

Only thing really holding the game back is wonky balancing, which historically has been an issue in every tekken in its first version

Heat is a great mechanic, very versatile tool that allows for a lot of small decision making, just look at Kazuya for a amazing example. Problem is that a lot of characters have really overturned heat smashes that make the other added moves for them irrelevant when they have it (drag, king, azucena). Back dash canceling could use a buff but its not detrimental. Most things you say don’t really have much to do with the game, u seriously taking off points for optional costumes when Tekken 7 had a billion DLCS and literally no content? Community? Always forced in a 50/50? That’s not even true, only time there’s a forced 50/50 that isn’t related to regular tekken is heat engage or spending a heat dash on block. You can dislike a game u ain’t gotta lie lol

He just gives people what they want - sweet lies.

[Tormented]

As a Tekken fan 70% of your points have no impact on game design (Incompetent Developers and Directors, Plugging Propaganda, Their Ignorance, Lying to the Community, The Community Sucks)

You gave this game 6/10 for Devs & community lmao?
And about balance: Tekken never been a balanced game, it was just okay in Tekken 7
The reason why older Tekken games didn't get so much hate around balance: those games were meant to be played offline or with friend, online wasn't a thing in that era